Grain-pickler



E. N. LEIZERT.

GRAIN PICKLER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 20, 1920. 1,371,913. Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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E. N. LEIZERT.

GRAINPI CKLEB.

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GRAIN-PICKLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed February 20, 1920. Serial No. 360,099.

To all w ham it may concern Be it known that I, EZRA N. Lniznn'r, of the town of Saltcoats, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Picklers, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in grain picklers and the principal object of the invention is to provide a machine of considerable capacity and by the use of which "grain can be quickly and effectively treated for smut and such like undesirable growth and arranged so that there is practically no loss of the pickling solution and such that the complete operation can be carried on by one man.

A further object of the invention is to arrange the machine so that the treated grain canbe drawn directly from the appliance and delivered directly into bags.

With the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view of the complete machine as it appears when the grain is being pickled.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the machine with the immersion tank raised and turned to discharging position.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine as it appears in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the immersion tank.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view through one end of the immersion tank.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

1 represents a main tank for receiving the pickling solution such as formaldehyde. The tank is carried on suitable end legs 2 and has a rounded bottom as best shown in Fig. 2.

3 is the immersion tank which is adapted to enter the main tank, being slightly shorter and slightly narrower and of the same general shape as the main tank. Both tanks are open topped. The immersion tank is perforated as indicated at 4 and is pro 'vided with a removable perforated false botton: 5 which is high at the center and low at the ends, such construction having a natural tendency to direct the grain lying on the bottom toward the end discharge openings 6 and 7 which are suitably closed by vertically sliding end gates S and 9.

10 is a center lifting plate connected to the four corners of the immersion tank by cables or ropes 11, the ropes being fastened to corner rings 12 provided on the immersion tank. Centrally to the plate I secure the lower end of a winding cable 13, the upper end of which is secured to and wound on an elevated winding shaft 14 extending centrally lengthwise over the main tank and having one end carried by an upstanding standard 15 secured to the end of the main tank and the other end mounted in a bearing 16 located at the outer end of a horizontally disposed supporting beam 17 eX- tending from the upper end of the standard 15.

18 is a brace bar located between the standard and the beam 17 and reinforcing the structure.

The outer end of the shaft 14 is fitted with a winding crank 19 and with a ratchet wheel 20. A dog 21 is pivotally secured to the end of the beam 17 and operates over the teeth of the ratchet wheel.

When one desires to treat or pickle the grain with my machine he puts the pickling solution in the tank 1 and having previously lowered the immersion tank into the main tank he places the grain to be treated in the immersion tank. As the immersion tank is perforated the pickling solution comes in close contact with the grain and does the necessary work.

After treating, the operator turns the crank 19 in a proper direction to wind the cable 13 on the shaft and raise the immersion tank out of the pickling solution. When the immersion tank is wholly clear of the solution in the main tank the operator leaves it suspended in this position to drain, the

dog holding the shaft against rotation durof the immersion tank from the cable as the main tank will support the immersion tank. It is not desirable, however, to slack the cable too much as there is the possibility of the immersion tank rolling over due to the round bottom.

With the immersion tank in What might be termed the cross position one is ready to release the grain therefrom and this can be done by opening the gates and allowing it to discharge directly on to the floor or by discharging it directly into bags.

If the immersion tank is fairly well filled with grain the greater part of it will run out under the action of gravity and it would be only necessary for the attendant to assist the grain about the time it is nearly all run out.

While I have shown a false bottom in the machine, it will be readily understood that this is not essential to its operation.

hat I claim as my invention is In a grain pickler, a main tank for receiving the pickling solution, a perforated immersion tank for the reception of the grain to be treated, normally closed discharge openings located at the ends of the immersion tank, winding means for raising and lowering the immersion. tank and permitting of the turning of the immersion tank about a centrally located vertical axis and a perforated. false bottom located in the iminersion tank and higher at the center than at the ends.

Signed at Winnipeg, this 15th day of January 1920.

EZRA N. LEIZERT.

V In the presence of G. S. RoxBUneH, K.- B. WAKEFIELD. 

